Harry Joseph Lennix III (born November 16, 1964) is an American actor.
He is best known for his roles as Terrence "Dresser" Williams in the
Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats (1991) and as Boyd Langton in
the Joss Whedon television series Dollhouse. Lennix currently co-stars
as Harold Cooper, Assistant Director of the FBI Counterterrorism
Division, on the NBC drama The Blacklist. Lennix played General and
then Secretary of Defense Calvin Swanwick in the DC Extended
Universe.The youngest of four siblings, Lennix was born in Chicago,
Illinois, to Lillian C. (née Vines), a laundress, and Harry Lennix
Jr., a machinist. His mother was African-American and his father was a
Creole from Louisiana. Lennix attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary
South and Northwestern University, where he majored in Acting and
Direction. In his senior year at Northwestern, he was the coordinator
of the African-American student organization, For Members Only.Lennix
starred in the Showtime Networks made-for-cable television film Keep
the Faith, Baby (2002) as Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who was a
legendary Harlem Congressman from 1944 to 1972; in the movie Titus
(1999), based on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, as Aaron the Moor;
and in the ABC television series Commander in Chief. Lennix currently
co-stars as Harold Cooper, Assistant Director of the FBI
Counterterrorism Division, on the NBC drama The Blacklist, which
debuted September 23, 2013.In film, Lennix has had supporting roles
such as The Five Heartbeats (1991), Comfortably Numb (1995), Get on
the Bus (1996), Love & Basketball (2000), The Matrix series
(1999â€"2003), Ray (2004), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004),
Stomp the Yard (2007), and State of Play (2009).
He is best known for his roles as Terrence "Dresser" Williams in the
Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats (1991) and as Boyd Langton in
the Joss Whedon television series Dollhouse. Lennix currently co-stars
as Harold Cooper, Assistant Director of the FBI Counterterrorism
Division, on the NBC drama The Blacklist. Lennix played General and
then Secretary of Defense Calvin Swanwick in the DC Extended
Universe.The youngest of four siblings, Lennix was born in Chicago,
Illinois, to Lillian C. (née Vines), a laundress, and Harry Lennix
Jr., a machinist. His mother was African-American and his father was a
Creole from Louisiana. Lennix attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary
South and Northwestern University, where he majored in Acting and
Direction. In his senior year at Northwestern, he was the coordinator
of the African-American student organization, For Members Only.Lennix
starred in the Showtime Networks made-for-cable television film Keep
the Faith, Baby (2002) as Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who was a
legendary Harlem Congressman from 1944 to 1972; in the movie Titus
(1999), based on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, as Aaron the Moor;
and in the ABC television series Commander in Chief. Lennix currently
co-stars as Harold Cooper, Assistant Director of the FBI
Counterterrorism Division, on the NBC drama The Blacklist, which
debuted September 23, 2013.In film, Lennix has had supporting roles
such as The Five Heartbeats (1991), Comfortably Numb (1995), Get on
the Bus (1996), Love & Basketball (2000), The Matrix series
(1999â€"2003), Ray (2004), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004),
Stomp the Yard (2007), and State of Play (2009).
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